Mind Over Symptom

Non-Ischaemic Heart Disease Non-ischaemic heart disease, unlike ischaemic heart disease, actually affects the heart. This group of symptoms is called  cardiomyopathy (literally, "illness of heart muscle"),  heart failure (meaning, "failure of the heart to do what it should, or do it very well"), and valve problems/valvular disease (which includes the diagnosis of rheumatic fever) Cardiomyopathy usually also includes  pericarditis or pericardial effusion. These symptoms affect the pericardium, which is actually the protective sac that surrounds the heart, and isn't part of the heart itself. Prevention of Cardiomyopathy Both our prevailing understanding of how the heart works and our belief about what causes cardiomyopathy are based on the underlying assumption that the heart is a pump. Its job is to push oxygenated blood around your body at a rate of about 5 litres per minute. This essentially mechanical device is like an engine, but instead of about 300,000 kilometres in it, the heart's got about 2.5 bil